---
title: "Buckets — Media Library for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Declare named media buckets on a model — disks, mime allowlist, visibility, fallbacks and variants."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/media-library-for-laravel/buckets
language: en
---

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# Buckets

Add the HasMedia contract and the InteractsWithMedia trait to any model, then declare its buckets in registerMediaBuckets():

```php
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use RoundlyConsulting\MediaLibrary\Concerns\InteractsWithMedia;
use RoundlyConsulting\MediaLibrary\Contracts\HasMedia;
use RoundlyConsulting\MediaLibrary\Variants\VariantRegistrar;

final class User extends Model implements HasMedia
{
    use InteractsWithMedia;

    public function registerMediaBuckets(): void
    {
        $this->addMediaBucket('avatar')
            ->singleFile()                       // replaces the previous file on add
            ->acceptsMimeTypes(['image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/webp'])
            ->useDisk('cold')                    // originals on cold storage
            ->storingVariantsOnDisk('hot')       // derivatives on hot storage
            ->private()                          // visibility: signed URLs only
            ->useFallbackUrl('https://example.com/avatar.png')
            ->registerVariants(function (VariantRegistrar $v): void {
                $v->add('thumb')->fit('crop')->width(120)->height(120)->format('webp');
                $v->add('display')->width(800)->format('webp')->quality(80)->queued();
            });

        $this->addMediaBucket('gallery')->useDisk('public');
    }
}
```

## Bucket builder

Each bucket is configured with a fluent builder:

```php
$this->addMediaBucket('docs')
    ->singleFile()                    // keep only the latest file
    ->acceptsMimeTypes(['application/pdf'])
    ->useDisk('s3')                   // originals disk
    ->storingVariantsOnDisk('cdn')    // variants disk
    ->public()                        // or ->private()
    ->useFallbackUrl('/img/doc.png')  // returned by url() / getFirstMediaUrl() when empty
    ->responsiveWidths([480, 960, 1440])
    ->registerVariants(fn (VariantRegistrar $v) => $v->add('preview')->width(640));
```

- singleFile() — keep only the latest file; adding replaces the previous one (MediaHasBeenDeleted fires for it).
- acceptsMimeTypes(\[...\]) — restrict the bucket to a mime allowlist. A bucket without one accepts any type, HTML and SVG included — give every bucket that holds user uploads an allowlist.
- useDisk() / storingVariantsOnDisk() — pin originals and variants to specific disks.
- public() / private() — visibility; private media is served only through signed URLs.
- useFallbackUrl() — the URL returned by MediaLibrary::for($model)->url() (or getFirstMediaUrl()) when the bucket is empty.
- responsiveWidths() / registerVariants() — declare responsive widths and image variants.
- maxFileSize() / minDimensions() / maxDimensions() — constraints that also drive MediaLibrary::rulesFor().

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